Scandinavian Studies

Welcome to UCL Scandinavian Studies! We teach and research the language, literature, history, linguistics and visual culture of Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway and Sweden from medieval times to the present day. Our department is also home to Norvik Press, the UK's
only press specialising in Nordic literature and culture. The department is housed within the School of European Languages, Culture & Society.

Professor Helena Forsås-Scott, 1945-2015

The department is deeply saddened to hear the news of the death of Professor Helena Forsås-Scott after a short illness. Helena joined UCL in 1994 and retired in 2010 as Professor of Swedish and Gender Studies. Helena was a pioneering force in Gender Studies at UCL and a much-loved colleague, supervisor, mentor and teacher in the Department of Scandinavian Studies. Her major publications include Re-Writing the Script: Gender and Community in Elin Wägner (2009), Gender-Power-Text: Gender and Modernity in Twentieth-Century Scandinavia (2004), Swedish Women's Writing 1850-1995 (1997) and A Century of Swedish Narrative: Essays in Honour of Karin Petherick (1994). She was a Director of Norvik Press and Editor of the ground-breaking translation series Lagerlöf in English. For more details of Helena's life and achievements, please see Swedish Book Review. Information on a memorial event will be posted here at a later date.